{"id":940,"date":"2018-06-15T02:41:43","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T02:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.megamorphosismagazine.com\/?p=940"},"modified":"2018-09-28T03:54:03","modified_gmt":"2018-09-28T03:54:03","slug":"and-the-truth-sets-you-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.megamorphosismagazine.com\/issue-4\/and-the-truth-sets-you-free","title":{"rendered":"And the Truth Sets You Free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"pk-dropcap pk-dropcap-simple pk-dropcap-border-right\">One cannot be born into this world without life giving us wounds. Sometimes those wounds leave a residue that we can&#8217;t seem to brush off. The residue isn&#8217;t so obvious to us because it can seem invisible to the outside, but the truth is the residue, the lies, shape everything. We have a choice that&#8217;s often invisible too\u2014brush it off, clean up and start anew.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The pain we endure, the wrongs, the rapes, the burns will undoubtedly shape our thoughts, our choices and our expectations of ourselves and others. In fact, they will even wire our brains if we don&#8217;t get the help we need. Certainly we can live a mediocre life, in constant captivity to the lies that form our now and our future. But, then again, there&#8217;s Jesus, wonderful Jesus, that defeated every evil known to man.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Bible says, &#8220;He came to set the captives free.&#8221;\u00a0 Still there are many that do not access this freedom and others who would say, &#8220;You are weak.&#8221; Sometimes the lies are the truth, and in this case it is. We are weak and in need of a Savior that will tell us the truth. And, although we may not like everything Jesus said, He certainly was a truth teller. He didn&#8217;t try to tickle the ears to give people what they wanted, but rather what they needed.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The world we live in today isn&#8217;t so different from the evil happening in biblical times. Murders, sacrifices, witchcraft, demonization, hatred, envy, stealing, cheating, adultery and fornication were all rampant throughout the land.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In every evil circumstance, there&#8217;s a victim somewhere. The good news of Jesus is, anyone who desired forgiveness, healing and a new life could access it by following Jesus and learning from the Teacher. If following Jesus makes us weak because we&#8217;re incapable of living a good life on our own, then let&#8217;s choose weakness so we can be made strong.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Today, we can still access the freedom, but there is a cost to a new life and a new birth. Forgiveness has to become our nature so the evil one doesn&#8217;t have a foothold on our thought life.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Every time we refuse to forgive and we think like we used to, as a victim, we give our power away. We give the liar the legal rights to once again taint us with the lie that we cannot forgive and we cannot heal. The truth is we can forgive and we can heal and we can live free.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Unloved, worthless, forgotten, addicted, lost and victim are all labels and lies that hold us captive. But love, value, being an adopted son or daughter, beloved child of God are truths that have set millions upon millions of people free from their past. 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